Synonyms of obesity

obesity

noun

ō-ˈbē-sə-tē 

as in fatness

the condition of having an excess of body fat

obesity has been linked to a number of health risks, such as heart disease

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fatness
• fat
• weight
• adiposity
• corpulence
• corpulency
• chubbiness
• plumpness
• rotundity
• pudginess
• fattiness
• fleshiness
• grossness
• embonpoint
• stoutness
• portliness
• heaviness
• pursiness
• bulkiness
• huskiness
• burliness
• endomorphy
• brawniness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• thinness
• leanness
• slenderness
• slimness
• fitness
• reediness
• svelteness
• trimness
• skinniness
• weediness
• gauntness
• scrawniness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of obesity

This is particularly true in states like West Virginia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas, where medication usage (and diseases like obesity and diabetes) are among the highest in the country. — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Eli Lilly shares are rallying to a new record high on Thursday after the drugmaker delivered another beat-and-raise quarter, driven by resilient momentum in its obesity drug business. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2026

Insulin, for example, is a peptide, as are GLP-1 medications widely used to treat diabetes and obesity, such as Ozempic and Wegovy. — Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026

The researchers of the study looked at 25 adults between the ages of 45 and 70 who were either overweight or had obesity. — Sukhman Rekhi, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2026